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25.0.50; `remove-overlays` needs one additional `point` at end of narrowed region.

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From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50;
 `remove-overlays` needs one additional `point` at end of narrowed
 region.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:39:44 -0800

The function `remove-overlays`, when used without any arguments, needs one additional `point` at the end of a narrowed region to effectively remove an overlay at the very end of said region.  Here is something that I'm using for my own setup, which adds the missing `point`:

    (defun lawlist-remove-overlays (beg end name val)
      "Remove the overlays."
      ;; DEBUGGING
      ;; (unless (and beg end name val)
      ;;   (message "ERROR -- beg:  %s | end:  %s | name:  %s | val:  %s" beg end name val))
      (let* (
          (point-max (point-max))
          (point-min (point-min))
          (narrowed-p (not (equal (- point-max point-min) (buffer-size))))
          (beg (if beg beg point-min))
          (end
            (cond
              ((and
                  (not narrowed-p)
                  end)
                end)
              ((and
                  narrowed-p
                  end)
                (1+ end))
              ((and
                  narrowed-p
                  (null end))
                (1+ point-max))
              ((and
                  (not narrowed-p)
                  (null end))
                point-max))) )
        (when (and beg end name val)
          (overlay-recenter end)
          (dolist (o (overlays-in beg end))
            (when (eq (overlay-get o name) val)
              (delete-overlay o))))))

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Message #8 received at 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19422: 25.0.50;
 `remove-overlays` needs one additional `point` at end of
 narrowed	region.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:45:06 +0200

> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:39:44 -0800
> From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
> 
> The function `remove-overlays`, when used without any arguments, needs one additional `point` at the end of a narrowed region to effectively remove an overlay at the very end of said region.

Maybe I'm confused, but what do you mean by "overlay at the very end
of region"?  Overlay that starts at END is not part of the region,
AFAIU.

Message #11 received at 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19422: 25.0.50;
 `remove-overlays` needs one additional `point` at end of
 narrowed	region.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:42:36 -0800

In my particular use case, I am narrowing to a region and then inserting an `after-string` overlay at `point-max`:

(overlay-put (make-overlay (point-max) (point-max)) 'after-string "|")

I have a minor mode that draws a vertical line that tracks the cursor position and I extend that to window-end or point-max.  The end of the buffer has a different color and a different character overlay depending upon where `point` is --- a leading cushion is used if the vertical column extends beyond the point at the end of the line.

And here is the slightly revised function that I am using to remove it.  It differs a little bit from the version in my initial bug report number 19422:

    (defun lawlist-remove-overlays (beg end name val)
      "Remove the overlays."
      ;; DEBUGGING
      ;; (unless (and beg end name val)
      ;;   (message "ERROR -- beg:  %s | end:  %s | name:  %s | val:  %s" beg end name val))
      (let* (
          (point-max (point-max))
          (point-min (point-min))
          (narrowed-p (not (equal (- point-max point-min) (buffer-size))))
          (beg (if beg beg point-min))
          (end
            (cond
              ((and
                  (not narrowed-p)
                  end)
                end)
              ((and
                  (not narrowed-p)
                  (null end))
                point-max)
              ((and
                  narrowed-p
                  end
                  (< end point-max))
                end)
              ((and
                  narrowed-p
                  end
                  (= end point-max))
                (1+ end))
              ((and
                  narrowed-p
                  (null end))
                (1+ point-max)) )))
        (when (and beg end name val)
          (overlay-recenter end)
          (dolist (o (overlays-in beg end))
            (when (eq (overlay-get o name) val)
              (delete-overlay o))))))


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At Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:45:06 +0200,
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:39:44 -0800
> > From: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
> > 
> > The function `remove-overlays`, when used without any arguments, needs one additional `point` at the end of a narrowed region to effectively remove an overlay at the very end of said region.
> 
> Maybe I'm confused, but what do you mean by "overlay at the very end
> of region"?  Overlay that starts at END is not part of the region,
> AFAIU.

Message #14 received at 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19422: 25.0.50;
 `remove-overlays` needs one additional `point` at end of
 narrowed	region.
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:32:01 +0200

> Date:  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:42:36 -0800
> From:  Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
> Cc:  19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> In my particular use case, I am narrowing to a region and then inserting an `after-string` overlay at `point-max`:
> 
> (overlay-put (make-overlay (point-max) (point-max)) 'after-string "|")
> 
> I have a minor mode that draws a vertical line that tracks the cursor position and I extend that to window-end or point-max.  The end of the buffer has a different color and a different character overlay depending upon where `point` is --- a leading cushion is used if the vertical column extends beyond the point at the end of the line.

It looks like overlays-in treats EOB specially, and does not treat
(point-max) in the same way.  This is explicitly stated in the doc
string of overlays-in.

I don't know what are the reasons for such a special treatment, and
why a narrowed region doesn't get the same treatment.  I always
thought that Emacs treats both the same.  Perhaps all we need is to
give both the same treatment, and that's it.

Besides that, the doc string of remove-overlays is inaccurate and
misleading; I will take care of that.

Message #17 received at 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19422 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Subject: Re: bug#19422: 25.0.50; `remove-overlays` needs one additional
 `point` at end of narrowed region.
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:41:14 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I don't know what are the reasons for such a special treatment, and
> why a narrowed region doesn't get the same treatment.  I always
> thought that Emacs treats both the same.  Perhaps all we need is to
> give both the same treatment, and that's it.

I've now done this in Emacs 28.  It's a non-compatible change, so I've
called it out in NEWS.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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